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Hi Steve, really enjoying this, man after my own heart, kato unitrack, buildings, loco's etc, but still wont that 1960's to 70's uk feel to it all, perfect, love the way you put your video's together, make it very easy and interesting to watch!, comments a nice touch, ( hat on in the loft due to cold, know how this feels being out in the garage!) watch with interest your comments on farish and dapol loco's as you will know how well the Kato/Tomix/Microace stuff runs.

There's been a rare outbreak of scenery at Jones Towers, the first for around 15 years if memory serves

I've been working on some removable view blocks over the last couple of weeks, pretty simple but they've turned out better than I expected as scenery must be my 'most rusty' area.

Laminated expanded polystyrene packaging, a coat of terracotta coloured emulsion paint, some woodland scenics bits sprinkled on while the paint was wet and some Hornby trees poked into holes. Now I'm hooked and want to start the scenery proper

Also pictured is my only new item of stock for a while, a Dapol Gresley Buffet snapped up on ebay

'Scuse the temporary wooden 'bridge' - it links the Kato area (fiddle yard) with the rest of the loft.

And there I was expecting my friendly local retailer to recommend trading the lawn for a truckload of Woodland Scenics

(Sorry, but you are not allowed to access the gallery)While I'm still all "Gardeners' World" here's a still from a quick CamTruck test video which shows the "coming through the trees" (a quote for Kate Bush fans, there!) effect I'm trying to achieve. As ever, the layout is primarily being designed with an onboard cam point-of-view in mind.

The fiddle-yard dressed as a station continues to progress. 6 of the lines double as platform roads, 2 more act as avoiding lines and then there are further 4 (so far) depicting plain old sidings.

There seems to be rather a lot of blue around, considering this is supposed to be a green era layout!

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Last week’s bit-of-wood-standing-in-for-a-bridge has now been replaced by a pair of Kato 20-432 Truss Bridges on Kato 23-017 piers. It’s not actually linked into the layout as yet, but is an important part of the next phase. A lot more vegetation is needed in this area.